The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-01-06


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many anH 4>"ss A. ha g been - often and
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weary fhe Reader With aNt descrfff#0 Is
te history tud i7flurato ~ thes fn~fjtu
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say Wltt -aw ard what eNf-r. .rt,-- i
had ai ous. 81 th.tn
Y ttu { was i ts5y these Ssfe faN l.s-
taf.e~ iu fHg -, @farhy Httra affeats8
-aHe ,8t.etit f. uHN faras 4n 'fse Tr,
~entart.as - thvse ta E- afi ats 81. S .r#s
weeks - I found ~ ts-}f .u lhc su .J-f ~
al.e ~ hem Tbs sentiments - ehiidaaaa
Nsr" ts.s ts3 aud J W.- 3rlv,r 3a}o tes
VoftsE pr aA its -aNey tF ihe lrrcpre~,.
'7e N I.i~. .arc. ~ aafi>h curse>5fF.
For il wsek or more the street, ot tAe
city hai been 'HtlV cd iy an uuu~ua#
ht "a. omm"H- ~ something out of 'he
I0Inafl course. Queer looking old $40.
dian. " lose daEN dresses reached cufl t.
'@tH h''t'>. rosy checked ts"nemian girls
'utAt"otd; busy htfte boy III blue snp,k
>nlt's; carpenters, hammcrln- away Al
Iudt noothtH m.tIe or uudr's>ed planAS,
ldlers summing themselves aud blocking
'he streets, All THESE had gwen to the
ancient city an ar OF revived NiSor and
youth
touaummdled, and awohe one morning
to hnd the sun SHINING warmly in through
my window and the Jahrmarkt in full
blaat outside Like poor simple old Nick
van Stann-and coniending With the
same ajfhcuity that Constructed the Wis
ION of that lhvcterate philosopher set
out to see what Holland had 10 show rs
soon ae | bad discussed Easty German
breakfast of coffee and rolls All the
public squares We're crowded with rude
hute and they also lined the Curbstones
of the principal streets as far a. the eve
could reach, forming rs 1t were-a city
within a city. In each of these boothes "A
man or woman, or, IN some eases, an en-
tire .amlly, stood eagerly waiting to sell
a few pfennigs worth of crockery, or slip
pers, or sausage, or toys-those quaint
little soldiers and tiny green trees So de
lightfully unnatural in every way Indeed
il seemed as though every family in SaSo-
nv and Bohemia who had a single head Of
red cabbage or an ounce of enterprise had
opened shop of its own in the busy
street Here the shrill notes of a woman's
voice called the attention of the iostling
crowd to the excellence of her cheap home
knit stockings: While. across the way. two
rival statesmen shouted Till treyyere hoars,
imploring the ei,idy tlronsr 10 load Itself
u Il
deliei all competition. At the next stall.
prrhaps. a fine deer vas hanging hy his
hind hoofs surrounded by bares. pleas
ants and other game: at another a woman
WAS hacking away at a blue red quarter
of horse flesh. while from the roof were
SuSpeudcd chains of most distressinyIy
green sausage. a list of the ingredients Of
which WAS. no doubt. preserved as a State
secret by the enterpriaing proprietor
Straight ahead through the streets swept
the crowd IN one vast unonding mob. Al
the best OF times the street manners of
the Germans are not perfect by any
meausi but at such time as this the true
German peasant moves in straight lines
unmlndful of obstacles. 1t can, therefore,
be readily imagined that the movement of
this mass of humanity-it packed the
street from house wall 10 house wall-was
Il matter Of hours rather than minutes.
But it was at night that the festival put
on lis glddleSf ana most attractive appear
ance. In the main square of the city. the
Schiller f!atz, a large temporary theatre
Of rough boards had been erected and
really good show, consisting OF panto
mines and sleight of-hand tricks, amused
those OF the throng who had been tempted
within. But II '@as In the open air that
the national spirit showed itself to the
NSSHeii
lighted merry 90 rounds completely drap-
ed with white beads which gilttered like
diamonds, rushed madly around; each
crowded with happy passengers seated in
rocking boats, or on the traditional wood
en- horses, or furiously riding astride Of
vcloclpcdeS which were fastened together
In long train. 10 complete the bedlam
each merry go round was supplied with a
sort of steam piano Of its own, and each
of these Wheezy instruments played an
entirely different tune from the others in
an entirely different time. There were,
besides, several Russian merry go rounds
whose revolutions were vertical instead Of
horizontal Each OF these also had its
musical accompaniment and So likew ise
had certain large flat boats. suspended by
stout cables, which were used as swings.
All of these amusements were Literally
patronlzed, were also the open air
shooting galleries which were crowded in
here ana there, at hap hazard. As We
pas ed one Of these latter, brtght-eyed
Bohemian gifi VINO was III charge, gave
my friend and myself such Il pretty smile
that he volunteered to treat me 10 few
shots. Ne accordingly proved very gooi
customers for the young lady, and seeing
that We We're foreigners she did not diadain
TO sWindie ua rlght handsomely, so much
50 that my lriehd accused me ol acting III
collnslon with the pretty !ttle tAlef-
ferhapS tue most distinctive feature OF
tdeSe European talFs are theif quaint slde
SHOWS anu othoi pai { i'oeu ! ii"uH>. lhe9e